This issue contains a protest of the British authorities in Hong Kong for forcing Chinese residents in Hong Kong to move and demolishing their houses, as well as sections on disaster relief work, strengthening fire prevention work through improved technology, anti-food waste efforts, and preparations for the autumn planting season in Shandong Province.

This issue contains content on protest against Hong Kong and British authorities for destructing Kowloon Chinese residents houses and forcing them to move, China-Cambodia trade agreement, the China-India trade agreement, supervision of grain, repayment of interest on state bonds, ensuring good quality of products, work assignments for higher education graduates, and the creation of Yichun city

This issue contains content on summary of 1956 state budget and draft of 1957 state budget, campaign to increase production and saving, maintain stable market prices, finance management, note to British authorities in Hong Kong to let loose of murderer who robbed Chinese sailboat, China-Poland economic exchanges, China-East Germany economic exchanges, Ministry of industry and commerce expenditures, and addressing student dropouts in higher learning institutions and schools of industry and agriculture. 

This issue contains the text of Zhou Enlai's "Report on the Work of the Government," originally delivered on June 26, 1957. It also contains a protest of the United States' violation of the Korean armistice agreement by importing "new weapons" to South Korea, a note to the British Government protesting the UK's intervention in allowing Chiang Kai-shek's regime to land an aircraft in Hong Kong and bring supporters to Taiwan, Bulgaria-China economic relations, China-Czechoslovakia economic relations, and increasing cooking oil production.

The Department of State shares with the CIA several documents, including a record of conversation between Anthony Eden and a Soviet diplomat in London on February 2, 1955; a record of conversation between Ambassador Hayter and Molotov on February 4; a translation of Molotov's statement made to Hayter; and comments made by Humphrey Trevelyan.